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So I was looking at numbers with regards to Voracek, and I found this of note:

Of the top 51 point scorers in the league (51 because there is a tie there), Couturier ranked third in primary points percentage (goals+primary assists), at 84.21%. He had only 14 secondary assists all season. For a guy over 70 points, that's pretty remarkable. For comparison, Giroux came in at 65.6%. Bergeron 80.1, but he also didn't crack the top 50.

This seems to suggest that secondary assists aren't important. I for one think there should be some additional stat for tertiary assists because it's often that one that makes the zone entry and is the most key. Not to give it a point, but to acknowledge it somehow and keep track of it.

Kinda like the way the NBA has an award for the best 6th man. I think it's an important thing that is easily dismissed and makes it easier to dismiss players to actually begin things.

Which I know is a disappointment to most here. I have no personal attachments to the player. I'm a bigger fan of a lot of guys on this team including Coots, G, Simmer, yadda yadda... but if I'm realistic, we need Jake pretty badly at this point.

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This seems to suggest that secondary assists aren't important. I for one think there should be some additional stat for tertiary assists because it's often that one that makes the zone entry and is the most key. Not to give it a point, but to acknowledge it somehow and keep track of it.

Kinda like the way the NBA has an award for the best 6th man. I think it's an important thing that is easily dismissed and makes it easier to dismiss players to actually begin things.

By the same token, there are many cases where the primary assist is incidental to the goal, and not necessarily because of a great play. So I agree with you that arbitrarily giving more weight to primary assists is too broad. There is a lot of context and case-by-case analysis to be made if you really want to determine how valuable a particular assist was.

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It should be though. There are plenty of very good defensive forwards. It wouldn't make sense to give Brian Boyle the Selke. The trophy is meant to be about two-way play. In that regard, it seems very hard to give it to anyone but Couturier so far this season. There's always a reasonable chance his scoring will trail off and Bergeron will burn it up for the next few months, but as of right now, Couts has to be the favourite. I recognize my own bias, but the numbers don't lie.

Without reading it, I agree. He's been the team's best overall player. Though I think Bergeron would win it at this point. I recall hearing that his line has allowed only one even-strength goal on the season. Maybe that's changed since I read that (I think as recently as a week ago).

Yeah? I honestly think it's his to lose right now. I think either his scoring would need to dry up, or one of the other potentials would need to really bump up their production. As of right now, I have a hard time thinking he's not the clear favorite. He's been a beast. Better than Bergeron and Kopitar imo.